Author: Ian Fraser GrantPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958261784
Category : Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Wairarapa Moana
Author: Ian Fraser GrantPublisher:
ISBN: 9780958261784
Category : Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Early History of the Wairarapa
Author: Charles BannisterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wairarapa (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy
Author: Wayne OrchistonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319225669
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 707
Book Description
Dr. Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review traditional Maori astronomy, examine the appearance of nautical astronomy practiced by Cook and his astronomers on their various stopovers in New Zealand during their three voyagers to the South Seas, and also explore notable nineteenth century New Zealand observatories historically, from significant telescopes now located in New Zealand to local and international observations made during the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus and the nineteenth and twentieth century preoccupation of New Zealand amateur astronomers with comets and meteors. New Zealand astronomy has a truly rich history, extending from the Maori civilization in pre-European times through to the years when explorers and navigators discovered the region, up to pioneering research on the newly emerging field of radio astronomy during WWII and in the immediate post-war years. A complete survey of a neglected but rich national astronomical history, this does the subject full and comprehensive justice.
The Making of Wellington, 1800-1914
Author: David Allan HamerPublisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864732002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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A History of Carterton
Author: Austin Graham BagnallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carterton (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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A History of New Zealand Women
Author: Barbara BrookesPublisher: Bridget Williams Books
ISBN: 0908321465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle’s definition of history as ‘the biography of great men’, and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country’s development from the points of view of wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts? That considered their lives as distinct from (though often unwillingly influenced by) those of history’s ‘great men’? In her ground-breaking History of New Zealand Women, Barbara Brookes provides just such a history. This is more than an account of women in New Zealand, from those who arrived on the first waka to the Grammy and Man Booker Prize-winning young women of the current decade. It is a comprehensive history of New Zealand seen through a female lens. Brookes argues that while European men erected the political scaffolding to create a small nation, women created the infrastructure necessary for colonial society to succeed. Concepts of home, marriage and family brought by settler women, and integral to the developing state, transformed the lives of Māori women. The small scale of New Zealand society facilitated rapid change so that, by the twenty-first century, women are no longer defined by family contexts. In her long-awaited book, Barbara Brookes traces the factors that drove that change. Her lively narrative draws on a wide variety of sources to map the importance in women’s lives not just of legal and economic changes, but of smaller joys, such as the arrival of a piano from England, or the freedom of riding a bicycle.
History of Maori of Nelson and Marlborough
Author: Hilary MitchellPublisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 9781869692940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Te Ara Hou - The New Society is the second volume in the history of Maori in Nelson and Marlborough. This history details Maori participation in the European settlement society, from commitment to Christianity to enthusiasm for commerce and relationships with Europeans. It shows how Maori fared under European institutions, struggled to survive and how Maori culture and language were swamped by assimilation and Anglicisation.
The Protohistoric Period of Wairarapa Culture History
Author: Gaela M. MairPublisher:
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Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages :
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